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SHAMOKIN DAM — Scott Grove has been hired as a part-time police officer in Shamokin Dam.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for a woman reported missing in Scranton. Scranton Police Department stated 60-year-old Charlene M. Falco has been reported missing and she is described as 5'2'', and 220 lbs. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Phillips at mphillips@scrantonpa.gov or calling the Scranton Police Desk at 570-348-4134.

LOYALSOCK TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 11 men are facing charges after state police found them to have participated in a prostitution ring operated from inside a spa. Pennsylvania State Police stated they have arrested the following men for patronizingvictims of sexual servitude and prostitution: These arrests were a result of a multi-month investigation into the [...]

W. HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A machete attack on a dog led police to a home in deplorable conditions where two children and multiple animals lived, investigators stated. Police say 23-year-old Seth Ponstingl is facing charges for slashing a dog, and 47-year-old Anna Ziegler is charged after the home where the attack happened was [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people have been arrested after police shut down a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution operation in Scranton. Kenneth Rivera Otero, 26, of Scranton, and Kaya Zdanowicz, 26, of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested after an investigation into the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in South Scranton, the Lackawanna County District [...]

Customers were lined up at the door of Royal Farms in Shamokin Dam at 9 a.m. on opening day Monday.

(WBRE/WYOU) — While Tuesday night's weather will remain relatively quiet and pleasant, we're tracking big changes through the weekend. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s by morning. You can expect areas of fog to develop. Humidity will increase on Wednesday as afternoon temperatures push into the upper 70s and lower 80s. [...]

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A massive data-center campus that could change one Wayne County township for decades, but local leaders must review it under rules that never accounted for a project like this and time is running out. 28/22 News Reporter Avery Nape breaks down the proposal and what's at stake. When it [...]

All roads and bridges in Union County reopened following closures caused by flooding during Sunday’s rainstorm, according to PennDOT.

TURBOTVILLE — At Monday night’s meeting, Susquehanna Solar informed Turbotville Council that they were beginning to survey 35 acres of property in the borough.